Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 1996 14:00:08 -0500

From:  "Dale F.Coye" <CoyeCFAT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>

Subject: More on warp speed



I think every American in their thirties or forties must know what warp

speed means. It was popularized in Star Trek starting in the late 60s and

it's as much a part of our language as "beam me up" or the phrase "to boldly

go where no man has gone before," which gave a legitimacy to the split

infinitive that no antiquated usage guide will ever be able to destroy.